ANU experts on the Iran-Israel conflict

Flags of Israel and Iran, side-by-side.
Flags of Israel and Iran, side-by-side.

The Australian National University (ANU) has experts who can comment on a range of topics surrounding the escalating conflict in the Middle East. 

You can contact our experts via the details listed below. Alternatively, please reach out to the ANU Media team on our hotline +61 2 6125 7979 or by emailing media@anu.edu.au.

Dr Alam Saleh

ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Expertise: Iran, Israel, Palestine, the Middle East
E: Alam.Saleh@anu.edu.au

Ian Parmeter

ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Expertise: Israel and Iran, Israel and Palestine, Russia and the Middle East, US and the Middle East, Australian policy towards the Middle East 
E:  Ian.Parmeter@anu.edu.au

Dr Anas Iqtait

ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Expertise: Israel, Palestine, the Middle East
E:  Anas.Iqtait@anu.edu.au

Honorary Associate Professor Tony Irwin

ANU Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications
Expertise: Nuclear reactors and the nuclear fuel cycle, including enrichment technologies used in Iran
E: tonyirwin@bigpond.com

Dr Kaitlin Cook

ANU Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications
Expertise: Nuclear science, radiation
E:  Kaitlin.Cook@anu.edu.au

Jennifer Parker  

Expert Associate at ANU National Security College
Adjunct Fellow in Naval Studies at UNSW Canberra
Expertise: More than two decades in the ADF, including multiple deployments to the Middle East embedded in US Central Command
E:  jennifer.a.paker@unsw.edu.au

Associate Professor Michael Cohen

ANU National Security College
Expertise: Nuclear proliferation, nuclear proliferation as a motive behind Iranian and Israeli foreign policies, the Iran-Israel conflict
E:  Mike.Cohen@anu.edu.au

David Andrews

ANU National Security College
Expertise: Wider regional/international security dimensions of the Iran-Israel conflict, including what the conflict means for wider US (and Australian) strategy, foreign policy, and domestic politics
E:  David.Andrews@anu.edu.au

Professor Donald Rothwell

ANU Law School
Expertise: All aspects of international law related to the Iran-Israel conflict
E:  Donald.Rothwell@anu.edu.au